KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Bo Porter’s players are adamant that they got his message after the Astros manager called them out late Saturday night for their play in a sloppy 7-2 loss against the Royals. “We got to take it to heart,” Brandon Barnes said. “We’re all passionate about what we do. He’s passionate about […]
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Astros center fielder Brandon Barnes was out of the starting lineup one day after he exited with tightness in his left hamstring. Barnes doesn’t expect to be out long with the left hamstring tightness that prompted manager Bo Porter to pull him in the sixth inning Saturday night. “It’s fine,” Barnes […]
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Major League Baseball on Saturday completed its 2013 draft, with a total of 1,216 players being chosen in the 40 rounds, two competitive balance rounds and one supplemental round. Pitchers were the most frequently chosen players, with 657 being selected (475 RHP, 182 LHP). The rest of the 2013 pool was comprised of 276 infielders […]
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The Astros’ early selections in the 2012 MLB amateur draft were an acknowledgment of the organization’s top-to-bottom rebuilding project. The club wasn’t in a hurry to immediately compete at the big league level. As a result, the Astros drafted raw talent such as Carlos Correa and Rio Ruiz, doing so with the understanding the young […]
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Box score KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With his head down, Josh Fields fiddled with his smartphone for several minutes as teammates quietly moved around him inside Kauffman Stadium’s visitors’ clubhouse Friday night. Wesley Wright sat nearby, practically inches away, equally disappointed. The record will show that Kansas City capitalized after Wright and Fields were called […]
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Astros owner Jim Crane flew in to Kansas City to attend the opener against the Royals with some of his former baseball teammates from Central Missouri State University. “He was good,” Crane’s former CMSU catcher Michael Ludwig said. Crane pitched all four years for the Mules, and he has fond memories of making the drive […]
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The rebuilding Astros continue to add young arms. The club’s initial three selections were pitchers during the 2013 MLB amateur draft. North Carolina junior lefthander Kent Emanuel was chosen with the No. 74 overall pick during the third round Friday. The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Emanuel was a preseason All-American and ranked No. 61 on Baseball America’s […]
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Box score Bud Norris was strong again Thursday at Minute Maid Park but the Astros’ offense failed to back up the club’s No. 1 starter. The Astros scored one run in the first inning then were blanked through the next eight, falling 3-1 to the Baltimore Orioles before an announced crowd of 14,664. With the […]
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The Astros can win their fourth series in five with a victory against the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday at Minute Maid Park. While the Astros’ front office prepares for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2013 MLB amateur draft, righthander Bud Norris (5-4, 3.39 ERA) will take on Baltimore righty Miguel Gonzalez (2-2, 4.33) […]
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